The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-07-07
ADAMS ALE ADVOCATES.
The State Convention Of tie Cold Wafer
Disciples.
A Large and Enthusiastic Gathering Of
PrOhibltiOnIsts at DelAware--A Full
State Ticket Nominated by Them
Eloquent Orators Present, EtcS
DELAWARE. O. July 1. 1887

DELAWARE, o., July !, 1851
The 2Sth, 30 h and 30th Of June were
big days for the ProhibitiOnists Of this
State. The State Convention held here
was the largest Prohibition convention
ever held In this country.
Delaware is nice, clean city, with
splendid streets and innumerable build
ings which approach grandeur In stTuo-
ture. The Convention was held In the
City Hall Opera House, which is one Of
the finest In the State and will seat
Ob0ut 1000 people. Early on Tuesday
the delegates began to come into the
city and the hotels Of the place were
soon filled, and private houses called into
service for the accommodation Of the
prohibitiOnists. On Tuesday evening
mass meeting was addressed by John
P. st. Jchn, Of Kansas, who with his
usual eloQuence won great applause
from the listening throng. Mr. Bennett,
also Of Kansas, spoke for short time
with telling effect, On Wednesday
forenoon occurel q contest between the
college boys Of Ohio for the OratOrical
honOFs Of this State. The contest was
under the auspices Of the National
Prohibition Intercollegiate Association,
and was guided by Walter ]. Mills, Sec
fetaTy Of the association. Tle meeting
was opened by DR.. Ball with prayer.
The contestants were six In number,
and we'll did they Uphold the reputation
of Ohio colleges for OratOry. Their ora
tions were all bearing upon the prohi
bltion question, and were certainly
powerful productions. The first prize
was awarded to W. M. Grafton, of Glas
gov, Ohio, and the secoDd to Basil
Smith, Of PeOli, Ohio. The judges were
Gideon T. Stewart, Rev. A. B. Leonard
aud W. Goodell Frost. Walter Thomas
Mills then gave an address on "The
Scholar In Politics." and we'll did he
maintain his title Of "The LlttleGiant;"
although small Of stature, as scholar
and speaker he undoubtedly ranks
among the foremost In the land.
The afternoon session was called to
order by chairman Higley, who appoint
ed Richard Brown, OF Youngstown, to
escort DR.. Leonard to the platform.
As Leonard appeared cheer upon cheer
rent the air for several minutes. Pray
or was then offered by Rev. McHugh;
and Rev. G. K. Nash, Of Akron, appoint.
cd temporary chairman. Some one call.
ing for Leonard, 1t was taken up by the
arise. His remarks were short, but his
words Of kindness and his pathetic ut
tersnce brought tears to the eyes of
many. After speeches by the President
and others, meeting adjourned.
.SThe evening meeting was grand af'
fair, about $500 Ceople coming to hear
Hon. John B. Finch, and we'll were they
repaid for their attendance, Mr.. Finch l
10 fnl nR ha L.,
the country.
Colonel John SObleskY, an exile and
son Of former king of Poland, also
spoke for few minutes and kept the |
audience In continual laughter by his |
quaint humor. A meeting was also |
held on the college grounds where |
Leonard a1d other speakers spoke to
large crowd.
Thursday morning the meeting was
called to order by Rev. Nash, who soon
rellnguished the chair to the perma.
nent chairman, John T. Moore, who was
escorted to the platform by F. Shoe
macher and Hon. A Ludlow. Mr.. Moore |
made short speech and deafenlng |
cheers rent the air.
On investigation 1t was found that /
the convention contained 1856 ministers, |
80 doctors, 20 lawyers, A schcO teach
eTs, ISL eX-sOldiers and 203 farmers.
Resolutions were adopted declaring
for the protection Of the Sabbath.
against the rum power and
all Its wlckedness; against the
importation Of pauper labor; against
all anArchism and socialism,
for temperance school instruction,
against the fostering of sectional ami
mostly between the North and South,
for the reservation Of public lands for
actual settlers, against sudden or Vio-
lent changes In the tariff. They Tecog.
nlzed the aid OF the W. G. T. o. and
pledged themselves to submit an amend.
ment 10 the people for woman'S suf.
frsge. After the adoption Of the plat
form the following ticket was nominE-
ted:
GovernOr-MOrris Sharp. Of Washing
ton G. q.
Lieutenant GovernOr-Walter 7. Mills.
Of Wooster.
AudltOr-ThOmas Evans, Jr., of Della
ware.
Trsssurer-RichardB Brown, Of YouDgs
town.
Attorney Gensral-T. D. Crow, of
Urbana.
Member Board Of Public Works
Abram Teachout.
Judges of Supreme Court-long term,
John T. Moore, OF jackson; short term,
Gideon Z. Stewart, of NorWalk.
The ticket Is made up Of good and
worthy men, who are capable Of filling
the offices as we'll as any likely to be
nominated, but the chances OF their
election are not very great. In the eve-
ming speeches were made by the Candi-
dates to an enormous gathering. On
the whole the convention was very en-.
thuslastic affair. Mr.. Scott, the first
man ever nominated on q prohibition
ticket, attended. John P. st. John and
all the noted prohibitionists were there.
The Silver Lake QQartette was present,
and tang each day several pieces which
ELECTED great applause. There wsre
i've hundred and ninsty-one delegates
In attendance at the convention.
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